Castanea sativa

Castanea, Chestnut Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (10), Kohler, 1882 Botanical name: Castanea sativa Parts used: Nut Temperature & Taste: Warm, moist Uses: 1. Nourishes Blood, Tonifies Yin:-‘They have the vertues of Almonds and Hazelnuts, but more nourishing’; Galen said they are the…